Matthew's flooding cuts off Fayetteville neighborhood
ROADS ARE CLOSED FOR HOW LONG
AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR
TRAVEL.
>>> A WASHED-OUT ROAD IN
FAYETTEVILLE HAS CUT OFF AN
ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD.
PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE SAID THEY
TOLD THE CITY THIS WOULD
HAPPEN.
>> GILBERT BAEZ HIKED INTO THAT
AREA TODAY AND JOIN US WITH
THEIR STORY.
>> Reporter: IT WAS OCTOBER
8th, A YEAR AGO THAT I WAS UP
ON SIMPLE AVENUE WHERE THERE
WAS ANKERREN DAM WITH RESIDENT
WHO WERE AFRAID IT WOULD GIVE
WAY.
IT DID SUNDAY.
THE WATER WASHED INTO THIS LAKE
APPEAR WASHED OFFER THIS
EARTHEN DAM.
YOU CAN SEE THERE IS DAMAGE
HERE AS WELL.
THIS IS SIMPLE AVENUE.
IT USED BE THE ONLY SAFE WAY IN
AND OUT OF THE SUBDIVISION.
ED INTO WATER FROM HURRICANE
MATTHEW HAS CHANGED THAT.
>> MOTHER NATURE CAME APPEAR
JUST FINISHED THE REST FOR US
RIGHT NOW.
WE JUST HAD TO DO WHAT WE DID
NOT WANT TO DO AND THAT WAS
OPEN THE PRIVATE ROAD THAT
BELONGS TO RAY CONDA.
>> FREDDIE RIVER AIR AS
PRESIDENT OF THE HOME OWNS
ASSOCIATION OUT HERE.
THE STATE SHUT DOWN THE PARTNER
WAY TWO YEAR AGO BECAUSE IT WAS
UP SAFE.
NOW, COMMUNITY HAD TO REOPEN IT
TO GET IN AND OUT OF THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD.
>> I HAVE ANOTHER ONE COMING.
>> Reporter: THERE ARE MORE
THAN 200 HOME IN THIS
COMMUNITY, A SIGN WARNED REDENT
TO CROSS THE DAM AT THEIR OPEN
RISK.
THEY DO IT ONE VEHICLE AT A
TIME.
>> PEOPLE ARE STILL DRIVING ON
IT.
THERE ARE PEOPLE WALKING ON IT.
IF THAT BRIDGE GOES, SOMEBODY
IS GOING TO DIE.
>> A BY CHUNK IS GONE.
THE REDENT HAVE NO CHOICE
INFORM THEY WANT TO GET IN OR
OUT, OF THIS TO TAKE A HIKE.
>> IT IS DANGEROUS ACROSS THAT
BRIDGE.
A LOT OF US HAVE BEEN RING TO
PARK OVER HERE.
THE TEARING UP THIS SIDE OF OUR
COMMUNITY TOO.
>> Reporter: LATE THIS
AFTERNOON OF COURSE CITY
ENGINEERS EXPECTED THE DAM HERE
AND SAID IT WOULD BE SAFE AS
LONG AS VEHICLES TRAVELED ONE
AT A TIME.
THAT IS NOT TOO REASSURING TO
FOLK WHO HAVE TO MAKE THE TRIP.
>> WHAT IT'S DONE IS PUT THEM
UNDER EXTREME LEVEL OF STRESS.
>> THERE WAS A GUY ON I ALAWN
A-- A GUY ON A LAWN MOWER WITH
A WOMAN ON HIS LAP WITH
GROCERIES ON HER LAP.
THEY ARE GO TO SPEED THIS UP
AND HOPE TO HAVE THIS READY AND
OPERATAL ON A TEMPORARY BASIS
BY SOMETIME NEXT WEEK.
THESE FOLKS NEED IT I DON'T ON
I ALAWN MOWER GOING TO GET
GROCERIES.
GUESS WHATEVER IT TAKES.
THANK YOU.